BREAKING NEWS: Bomb blast targeting Football fans in Adamawa kills scores Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:52 PM PDT A bomb attack targeting fans at a football match in Nigeria's restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday, a police officer told AFP. "There has been a bomb explosion at a football field... |
Many of the abducted Chibok girls are very ill - Jonathan’s secret negotiator Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:54 PM PDT Some of the 219 schoolgirls still in the custody of Boko Haram insurgents have taken ill, according to a prominent Australian cleric, Dr. Stephen Davis. Davis, a hostage negotiator, said the... |
‘Nigerians own most houses on London’s expensive street’ Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:55 PM PDT About 70 per cent of the most expensive buildings in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group, Mr. Charles Dukwe, has said. He added that citizens of... |
#BringBackOurGirls: I never expected to suffer like this in my life says Chibok Girl Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:56 PM PDT A heartbreaking new video of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists shows them bravely speaking out about their ordeal for the first time. The footage, not released publicly but... |
Account for your allocations, Okonjo-Iweala dares govs Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:57 PM PDT The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has challenged state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge allocations they receive regularly from the Federal... |
Cameroon soldiers kill 40 Boko Haram militants Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:59 PM PDT Cameroon's military killed at least 40 Boko Haram militants in the country's northwest weekend, a government radio reported Sunday, a day after Nigeria labelled the Central African nation the weakest... |
Police confirm 14 dead, 12 injured in Adamawa blast Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:58 PM PDT The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed 14 people killed in the bomb blast at a football field in Mubi on Saturday. Twelve others were also said to have been injured in the incident. AFP quoting... |
Adamawa bomb explosion: Two suspects arrested Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:58 PM PDT The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed 14 people dead and 12 others injured in a bomb explosion which rocked Mubi town on Sunday evening. The Command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Usman... |
S’South delegates want new constitution Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:04 PM PDT Delegates from the South-South geo-political zone attending the National Conference are demanding a brand new constitution for Nigeria. They said the proposed new constitution must be approved by... |
I am not a match fixer - Onazi Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:51 PM PDT Super Eagles and Lazio midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has cried out that he is not a match fixer and will never accede to any plany to bring the game of footballto disrepute. He was reacting to... |
Confab resumes, to discuss Finance Committee report, others Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:47 PM PDT Plenary will resume on Monday (today) as delegates at the National Conference are expected to deliberate on the report of the Committee on Public Finance and Revenue. The conference adjourned... |
Anglican faults proposed taxation of churches, mosques Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:42 PM PDT The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Badagry Diocese, has faulted the resolution by delegates at the ongoing national conference that religious organisations should start paying taxes. The... |
INEC extends voter registration Posted: 01 Jun 2014 09:36 PM PDT The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the Continuous Voter Registration taking place in 10 states by two days. A statement issued on Sunday night by the Chief Press Secretary... |
Amaechi dissolves 21 local govts Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:48 PM PDT GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has dissolved executives of 21 out of the 23 local government areas in the state and has sworn in caretaker committees for the councils. He said that the... |
Dickson denies spending N2bn on movie awards Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:36 PM PDT The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the story going the rounds that Governor Seriake Dickson lavished N2bn to host the 2014 African Movie Academy Awards. The government has described the... |
Police eject dead officers’ wives from barracks Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:57 AM PDT Widows and children of dead officers living at the Police Mobile Force, 20 Squadron (MOPOL 20), Ikeja, wept Saturday after they were thrown out of the barracks after a short notice. At least 10... |
Boko Haram not northern response to a southern presidency – APC Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:51 AM PDT The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, saying it confirms the terror group as the enemy of the whole... |
Nigerians real heroes of democracy – PDP Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:47 AM PDT The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has declared Nigerian citizens as the true heroes of democracy, commending them for their faith, resilience and untiring support for democracy since... |
NEW VIDEO: Skuki Ft. Shizzi – Gbemileke Posted: 01 Jun 2014 11:30 AM PDT Kids, family, garden and blue skies. Skuki paints a beautiful picture with their new video Gbemileke directed by the creative Adasa Cookey of SquareBall Media. The song also features prolific... |
Education, best way to eliminate insurgency - Mark Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT Senate President, David Mark, has described education as the bedrock to national development and the best strategy to fight and eliminate societal ills like terrorism and insurgency. Mark, ... |
JTF arrests suspects, destroys illegal refineries Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:40 AM PDT The Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, says it has recovered a stolen barge, arrested 11 suspects and scuttled some illegal refineries during its operations in... |
E’Guinea, Sao-Tome & Principe join coalition to fight Boko Haram Posted: 01 Jun 2014 11:03 AM PDT Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Pincipe have pledged their support to help Nigeria in waging war against the Boko Haram insurgency which had caused the deaths of thousands of people and... |
Seven killed in US plane crash Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:59 AM PDT Seven people were killed when a light aircraft crashed as it took off from an airfield outside Boston, US officials and media said Sunday. Officials at the Bedford-Massachusetts Port Authority... |
Boko Haram frees kidnapped priests, nun in Cameroon Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:00 AM PDT Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized in April by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon, have been freed, an AFP reporter said Sunday. The three ex-hostages were flown out of Maroua... |
Four Borno villages razed by Boko Haram Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:40 AM PDT A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in four villages in Nigeria's restive northeast killed several people, residents said Sunday, in the latest violence blamed on the Islamist insurgents. The... |
Pele's son Edinho, sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:33 AM PDT The son of the Brazilian football legend Pele has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for laundering money raised from drug trafficking. Edinho is a retired footballer who played goalkeeper for... |
Man charged after claiming Boko Haram membership in Lagos bank Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:27 AM PDT Man charged after claiming Boko Haram membership in Lagos bank A 27-year-old worker who scared bank customers in Lagos by announcing publicly that he belongs to the extremist Boko Haram group,... |
Boko Haram, Our President and Museveni’s Contempt (Part 2), By Femi Fani-Kayode Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:03 AM PDT The Chief of Army Staff did the appropriate thing by redeploying the erring GOC after this sad and unfortunate event and I sincerely hope that the man will be made to face the full force of the law... |
Wike denies taking oath before Amaechi to be appointed Minister Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:55 AM PDT Supervising Minister of Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, has denied the allegation by Governor Chibuike Amaechi that he swore never to part ways with him politically if he (governor) nominated him for... |
Ex-Osun Governor, Isiaka Adeleke, defects to APC, says PDP is a party of thugs Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:42 AM PDT The first civilian governor of Osun state, Isiaka Adeleke, on Saturday described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a platform that breeds and supports thuggery and violence. Mr. Adeleke, also... |
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